8 BIS 18

Facts & Figures

• Format: cinema documentary, documentary series
• Director: Cosima Frei
• Screenplay: Cosima Frei
• Production company: Filmgerberei GmbH
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Story

8 BIS 18 accompanies a family with two sons for ten years. This coming-of-age documentary shows how Caspar (6) and Philipp (8) are growing up. Philipp knows instinctively that he is a boy although his body has female features. Caspar feels comfortable with his assigned gender. An intimate film about parenting and growing up in the 2020s.

DEVELOPMENT SINCE SUPPORT ON LEVEL I

We developed a series format. The focus of the story is the interweaving of family, society, zeitgeist and trans identity and not just the person going through the transition process. Existing material was viewed and tried out in rough cuts. Sparring in the areas: dramaturgy, dealing with the public, psychological development.